World

Palestinian flag protest

For Justice, Not Apartheid, in Palestine For Justice, Not Apartheid, in Palestine

A quarter-century after Oslo, Israel is consolidating its domination—but the global resistance movement is growing.

Sep 27, 2018 / The Editors

Colombia fan World Cup

Soccer and Domestic Violence: When the Beautiful Game Turns Ugly Soccer and Domestic Violence: When the Beautiful Game Turns Ugly

In Colombia, cases of intimate-partner violence against women rose by 33 percent during the past two World Cups.

Sep 26, 2018 / Miguel Salazar

Trump National Space Council

Trump’s Space Force Is Putting Us All in Danger Trump’s Space Force Is Putting Us All in Danger

Putting weapons in space is a phenomenal money waster and a threat to global security.

Sep 25, 2018 / William D. Hartung

London protest against militarism in Syria

Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy

A clear message is needed: Enough with endless wars and the global oligarchy.

Sep 25, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

St. Petersburg

Dialogue Is the Best Medicine: Citizens Speak Out Against Reinvigorating the Cold War Dialogue Is the Best Medicine: Citizens Speak Out Against Reinvigorating the Cold War

Russian and American students at the Track Two conference in St. Petersburg were ready to trust each other much more than they trust the politicians.

Sep 25, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Jack O'Keefe Project Veritas

How Conspiracy Theories Unite the International Far Right How Conspiracy Theories Unite the International Far Right

At a recent gathering in St. Louis, paranoia, xenophobia, and racism gave far-right activists from around the world a common cause.  

Sep 21, 2018 / Brendan O’Connor

Bolsonaro Brazil

The Brazilian Elite’s Plan to Destroy the Workers’ Party Has Failed The Brazilian Elite’s Plan to Destroy the Workers’ Party Has Failed

The party’s Fernando Haddad is rising in the polls, but the neofascist—and front-runner—Jair Bolsonaro is gaining elite support.

Sep 21, 2018 / Andy Robinson

Putin Helicopter

Who Putin Is Not Who Putin Is Not

Falsely demonizing Russia’s leader has made the new Cold War even more dangerous.

Sep 20, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Puerto Rico student protests

When Disaster Capitalism Comes for the University of Puerto Rico When Disaster Capitalism Comes for the University of Puerto Rico

The ongoing privatization of Puerto Rico’s recovery threatens not only the university’s autonomy, but its very existence.

Sep 20, 2018 / StudentNation / Rima Brusi, Yarimar Bonilla, and Isar Godreau

Moon-Kim Pyongyang Summit

Moon and Kim Stage an Exuberant Summit in Pyongyang Moon and Kim Stage an Exuberant Summit in Pyongyang

Bold proposals on demilitarization break the logjam with Washington.

Sep 20, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

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